Bowling-alley pin.



N0. 679,205. Patented July 23, [90L 6. B. BARRETT &. E. G. PHILLIPS.

BOWLING ALLEY PIN.

(Application filed Apr. 20, 1901.) (Ilo Modal.)

NTTnn STnTns CHARLES R. BARRETT AND ELIVOOD PATENT Timon.

C. PHILLIPS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOWLING-"ALLEY PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,205, dated July 23,1901.

Application filed April 20, 1901.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES R. BARRETT and ELWooD C. PHILLIPS, citizensof the United States, and residents of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Bowling-AlleyPins, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to that type of pins employed in bowlingor ten-pin alleys and which are adapted to be set up at one end of thealley and be knocked over by the impact of a ball rolled by an operatorat the other end of such alley.

The object of the present improvement is to provide a simple andefficient construction of a pin for such uses with which the noiseproduced in the impact of the bowling-ball therewith is reduced to aminimum and with which the lifetime of both the ball and pin ismaterially prolonged, as will hereinafter more fully appear and be moreparticularly pointed out in the claims. We attain such object by aconstruction and arrangement of parts, substantially as shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of abowling-alley pin embodyingthe presentinvention,portions being shownbroken away and in section to better illustrate the construction. Fig. 2is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal sect-ion at line m, Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts in both views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the bowling-alley pin of theusual and familiar form and construction.

2 is an elastic capinclosing the top portion of the pin and securedthereon in any usual and suitable manner, preferably, however, by meansof a ring-shaped formation 3 on the lower end of the cap adapted tocontract into and engage in a peripheral groove 5, formed therefor inthe upper portion of the pin 1.

6 is an elastic sleeve inclosing the body portion of the pin and securedthereto in any usual and approved manner, preferably, how

ever, by means of ring-shaped or inturned Serial No. 56,703. (No model.)

marginal top and bottom flanges 7 and 8, adapted to contract into andengage in corresponding peripheral grooves 9, formed therefor in thebody portion of the pin.

Another part of the present invention 0011- sists in forming theabove-described elastic or cushion portions with confining air-spaces toafford a maximum elasticity to the same with a minimum amount of weight.In our preferred construction for attaining such confined-air spaces orcells as shown in Fig. 2, 11 represents a series of corrugations formedon the inner wall of such cushion members, the spaces between thecorrugations forming the isolated air-containing cells of the presentinvention.

IVe have described our invention in detail, but do not wish to belimited to the specific construction shown, as various modifications maybe made to suit varied requirements in the art and yet be within theprovince of the .present invention.

Having thus fully described our said invention, what we claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bowling-alley pin,in combination with an elastic covering fittingthe impact portions of the pin, and provided with confined-air spaces,substantially as set forth.

2. A bowling-alley pin,in combination with an elastic covering fittingthe impact portions of the pin, and provided with confined-air spacesformed by corrugations on the inner wall of the coveringsubstantially asset forth.

3. A bowling-alley pin,in combination with an annular elastic coveringfitting the body portion of the pin, and secured thereon by annular topand bottom enlargements engaging peripheral grooves in the pin,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof witness on r hands this 18th day of April, 1901.

CHARLES R. BARRETT. ELWOOD c. PHILLIPS.

In presence of ROBERT BURNS, HENRY A. Norr.

